Does motherhood get easier the second-time around? Examining parenting stress and marital quality among mothers having their first or second child

Parenting

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-175

  Krieg, Dana Balsink ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 41449097616     PISSN: 15295192     EISSN: 15327922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295190701306912     Document Type: Article

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